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reedbird
[reed-burd]
reedbird
/ ˈːˌɜː /
noun
any of several birds that frequent reed beds, esp (in the US and Canada) the bobolink
Example Sentences
It goes North as the bobolink and goes South as the reedbird or ricebird.
We have some capital things of our own, too; such as canvas-backs, reedbirds, sheepshead, shad, and blackfish.
It is bad enough to doom the bobolink to the pot after he has changed his coat and become a reedbird, and given some reason for his fate by his unfortunate fondness for rice.
We have some capital things of our own, too; such as canvass-backs, reedbirds, sheepshead, shad, and blackfish.
Boblincoln no more, he is the reedbird now, the much-sought-for tidbit of Pennsylvanian epicures, the rival in unlucky fame of the ortolan!
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